Support this!: Opposition Leader Datin Seri Wan Azizah Wan Ismail pinning an anti-ISA badge onto the coat of Rembau MP Khairy Jamaluddin at Parliament House in Kuala Lumpur yesterday.
KUALA LUMPUR: Gerakan Mansuhkan ISA and the Human Rights Committee of the Bar
Council (GMI-HRC) have issued a joint memorandum to urge all Members of
Parliament to lobby for the abolishment of the Internal Security Act (ISA).
Together with them were the family members of ISA detainees who also appeared at
a press conference at the Parliament lobby.
In the memorandum, the groups called for immediate and unconditional release of
all ISA detainees and where appropriate, prosecute them in a public and fair
trial.
Bar Council Human Rights Committee deputy chairman Amer Hamzah Arshad said it
was internationally recognised that the detention of persons without trial was
in violation of the rule of law, human rights and the principles of democratic
government.
“While the Government is obliged to ensure peace and security of the country, it
is not permitted to do so at the expense of basic principles of human rights and
natural justice,” he said.
He said the memorandum also called for immediate closure of all detention camps
where detainees were held without trial.
The GMI-HRC also called on the Government to apologise to all former and current
detainees held without trial and offer compensation for the suffering, anguish
and injustice caused to them.
In response, Opposition leader Datin Seri Wan Azizah Wan Ismail said the Pakatan
Rakyat coalition would move a motion on the abolishment of the ISA on Monday.
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